Doctor Warns of a Common Medicine Many Lithuanians Use: One Mistake Could Harm Your Health
Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- The article examines whether aspirin can lower blood pressure, a belief apparently held by many people in Lithuania.
- Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Luke Laffin explains the medicine’s role and the risks of using it incorrectly.
Can taking aspirin help lower blood pressure? Many people appear to believe it can, but Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Luke Laffin addresses whether the medicine offers such a simple solution for hypertension.
Aspirin’s active ingredient, acetylsalicylic acid, has pain-relieving, fever-reducing and anti-inflammatory properties. The article focuses on what those properties mean for people who use aspirin while seeking to control blood pressure.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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